Pharmacies in Vlora

Finding a pharmacy

Look for the word FARMACI above the door, usually with a green cross. Central Vlora — the streets around Flag Square and the roads down to the Lungomare — has plenty, and so do the main roads into the city and the beach areas to the south. A map app searched for “farmaci” is the quickest way to see what is open near you.

Pharmacists can usually advise on minor problems — sunburn, insect bites and stings, stomach upsets, colds — and tell you when you need a doctor instead. Many speak some English or Italian.

Late at night

Opening hours vary by pharmacy and by season, and some keep long hours in summer.

At night, try in this order:

1. Ask your hotel or host — they usually know which pharmacy is open late.
2. Check a maps app for pharmacies marked “open now”, then call before you go.
3. Look at the notice on a closed pharmacy’s door, which sometimes names the one on duty.
4. If it cannot wait, go to the emergency department at Vlora Regional Hospital — and for anything serious, call 112 or 127.

Bringing and buying medicines

• Bring enough of any regular medicine for the whole trip, in its original packaging, with a copy of the prescription. UK advice notes that the legal status of some medicines differs between countries.
• Brand names change from country to country: know the generic (active ingredient) name of what you take.
• Sunscreen, after-sun, insect repellent and basic first aid are sold in pharmacies and supermarkets.
• Drink bottled water — UK advice is not to drink the tap water in Albania.

Words that help at the counter

farmaci

pharmacy

farmaci kujdestare

on-duty (night) pharmacy

recetë

prescription

dhimbje koke

headache

temperaturë

fever

djegie nga dielli

sunburn

alergji

allergy

Ku është farmacia më e afërt?

Where is the nearest pharmacy?